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Sakiko, a dark-haired girl in a white hood and navy top, holds a bouquet of orange and purple flowers in a sunlit room.
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Sakiko

Character

Sakiko is a small girl with formidable psychic gifts who appears in an early Sailor Moon episode. Pushed relentlessly by a controlling father to hone her powers, she becomes the unwitting source of a ghost that turns on everyone around her.

English Voice: Erin Fitzgerald
Anime Voiced By: Yuriko Fuchizaki (Japanese), Erin Fitzgerald (English)
Alignment: Civilian
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Appearance

A young child with dark hair and violet eyes, Sakiko is first seen wrapped in a purple cloak topped by a white hood. By the episode's close she has traded it for a red one-piece swimsuit tied with a yellow ribbon.

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Personality

Quiet and solitary, Sakiko takes little joy in the psychic drills her father demands. She calls herself a loner and keeps her distance, watching others from afar rather than joining in, and beneath her obedience simmers resentment at being denied an ordinary childhood.

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History

Sakiko lives at Pension Adams with her domineering father, who is set on shaping her into a powerful psychic and drills her without regard for her wishes, quietly using the hotel's guests to test her. The staff never grasp what she can do. Usagi, Rei, Luna, and Ami first encounter her near the hotel as she gathers flowers; her sudden appearance amid a lightning storm startles Usagi, and she guides the group inside as rain sets in. Her father, cold toward the visitors, keeps her from mingling, and over dinner he hypnotizes her into conjuring a ghost that terrifies the guests.

The next day she watches the girls on the beach, and a kind word from Ami draws her out before her father pulls her away with a warning about strangers. Hypnotized once more, she summons the ghost again, but this time it feeds on her buried anger and rounds on her father along with everyone else. The transformed Senshi cannot subdue it, and even after Ami wakes her the apparition rages on. Sakiko finally shields her father with a powerful psychic burst that destroys it. He apologizes to her and the Guardians, and the following day she plays freely on the beach with them.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Sakiko in Sailor Moon?

Sakiko is a young girl with powerful psychic abilities who appears in an early Sailor Moon episode set at Pension Adams. Her domineering father relentlessly drills her to hone her powers, unaware of the resentment building inside her.

Why does Sakiko's father hypnotize her?

Sakiko's father hypnotizes her to make her summon a ghost, first to frighten the guests of Pension Adams and later to drive away Usagi, Rei, Luna, and Ami. He is fixated on shaping Sakiko into a powerful psychic regardless of her own wishes.

How does Sakiko stop the ghost she creates?

After the ghost Sakiko summoned turns on her father as well as the Sailor Guardians, Sakiko unleashes a powerful psychic burst that shields her father and destroys the apparition for good.

Does Sakiko's father change after the ghost incident?

Yes, Sakiko's father apologizes to her and to the Sailor Guardians after witnessing the ghost's rampage, and the following day Sakiko is shown playing freely on the beach with the group.

What is Sakiko's personality like?

Sakiko is quiet and solitary, calling herself a loner who keeps her distance and watches others from afar rather than joining in. Beneath her obedience to her father simmers resentment at being denied an ordinary childhood.

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